Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-07-14

by saving $50 much cannot be
intrusted to Joel Mayes he is not
the proper person to transact the
official business belonging to your
people the principal object being
to place such men as Bell at the
head Of your government. " AS
there are two gentlemen in this
country bearing the name of Bell,
both OF whom have occupied hon
orable positions in this nation, /
am az loss to know which one of
the Bells you propose to ring the
changes on in the above quoted re-
markable statement-J. M. or l.. B.
Bell. If l am not mistaken they
are both supporters of Joel Mayes
for the office of principal chief, of
whom you are pleased to speak in
damaging and disparaging terms.
Either of the Bells above referred
to is thoroughly competent to take
care of himself in a contest with
you as you doubtless will admit
from past experience. How and
in what manner, | leave you and
them, to speak. Your charges
against Joel Mayes are of a seri-
Gus character and should have
been we'll pondered over before
uttered. To libel gentleman or
question his motives is no light af-
fair under any circumstances, but
TO charge Joel Mayes, by inuendo
or insinuations, Of evil designs
upon the stability of this govern
ment is wholly gratuitious on your
part and without the semblance
of truth. / have known Mr..
Mayes almost from his boyhood
days and never did l or anyone
else, so far as l know, hear him
give expression to a sentiment
that would justify the insiduous
charges so thinly disguised in your
letter. "He is not the proper one
to transact the business belonging
TO your people," l am informed,
by one who has no right to dictate
to me nor anyone else in this ma
ton, who they shall or shall not
support for the Office of principal
chief. "Your people ~ Are
they not Mayes' people as well ?
Is he not part and parcel ofthem /?
of the same race and blood ? ma
tive and "to the manor born 2"
treat with scorn and indignation
the unjust insinuation couched in
your letter in reference to a pros
pective betrayal of his country
should he be elevated to power.
Then comes singular statement
in your letter, to say the least of
it, and il is this: "The men that
are making efforts to influence the
Downing party to support Mayes
are not men who are disposed 10
pursue justice and are not the men
who could be trusted from the
fact that non-citizens are advocat-
ing their cause and in so doing
their hope is your destruction. I"
Now this passage is decidedly fine,
taken in connection with a certain
article Of the National platform.
care not disposed to pursue JUS
tice," quoth my whilom friend /;
"non-citizens are advocating their
cause" (Mayes' of course) says
this doughty colonel of the third
Kansas. And pray who are you,
w. A. Phillips u? A citizen of this
nation ? A stranger reading your
letter would naturally suppose you
was, from your fiippant use Of the
term "non-citizen." As you are
the most demonstrative and per-
sistent "non-citizen" intermeddler
in the political affairs of this ma
ton, save one other, that l know
Of, [ shall conclude from the rule
laid down by yourself "their hope
is your (our) future destruction. 4"
In what particular has Mr.. Mayes
or the Downing party treated you
unjustly =? Have you not been
paid the last farthing for service
rendered as an attorney when en-
ployed by the national council or
its authority 4? No one knows bet
ter than you do that the authority
to employ an attorney for this ma
ton must emanate directly from
the national council. This would be
an opportune and exceedingly ap-
propriate time for you to come out
with a full report of service render
ed and monies received as COM
pensation therefor and let not on
| iy our people but the world know
whether or not you have received
a fair compensation for service rem
dered this nation. In making
your statement of monies received
please insert, with the con-
tract, the small item OF s22 500 re-
ceived by you outside of legiti-
mate fees, which you know you
got. You have received not much
short if any, of two hundred thou
sand dollars for services rendered,
or claimed by you to have been rem
dered, from the Cherokee nation. II
YOU will make a clean breast Of all
your acts and doings, the various
methods resorted to here and at
Washington TO extract money be-
longing to my people it will make
a chapter Of dmighty interesting
reading" for the rising generation.
You have, towards the close OF
your letter called my attention TO the
fact that have "served and shar-
ed with your soldiers, IRE ferring OF
caurse 10 the late war between the
states. To have done so, discon-
nected with the political agitation
now stirring the public mind, !,
would have afforded me a degree
of pleasure from a sense of duty
performed, but to appeal to old